Website redesign for an architecture firm in Andorra la Vella: budget, timeline and risks (2026)

The verdict in three sentences

In Andorra la Vella, an architecture firm's website redesign turns first on languages: Catalan for public and Andorran clients, French and Spanish for the neighbours, English for some second-home buyers. With Kolonell, the budget runs from EUR 4,500 (Growth, one main language) to EUR 8,200 (Premium, the multilingual tier, languages set in the quote), against a ballpark of EUR 4,000 to 12,000 from local agencies. The main risk is a poorly tagged multilingual structure where language versions compete with each other in Google, and it is solved with clean hreflang tags, a 301 redirect map and six weeks of Search Console monitoring.

Who does your site speak to, and in which language?

A practice in the capital often works on two very different fronts: public buildings and schools, followed by institutional contacts, and chalets or mountain renovations for private clients who sometimes live in Toulouse, Barcelona or London. Each audience arrives with its own language and questions.

If your current site exists only in Catalan, or offers partial machine translations, that is the first redesign signal. The others: heavy project pages on mobile, galleries breaking after every update, no photo credits, and a form that asks for drawings as attachments.

What does the redesign cost by number of languages?

Local ranges are a 2026 ballpark based on typical agency quotes and public agency rate pages, not a survey.

Kolonell includes a project manager reachable in your time zone, native French or English copywriting, delivery in 3 to 4 weeks once content is ready and 3 months of support. Proofreading of Catalan and Spanish by an independent translator is a third-party cost to budget separately. Tier details are on the international offer page.

What timeline for a multilingual redesign?

One point of method: one URL per language (for example /ca/, /fr/, /es/, /en/), an x-default tag, a visible language switcher, and no forced redirect based on IP address, which often stops a French client living in Andorra from reading the version they want.

Which risks, and what stays on quote?

• Versions cannibalising each other. Without reciprocal hreflang, Google may show the Spanish page to a French user. Mitigation: tags checked page by page before cutover.
• Losing pages that already rank. An inventory of every URL and a 301 redirect map prevent 404 errors on projects that already bring visits.
• Portfolio migrated without captions. Each project keeps its text, photo credit and client permission; private houses and chalets appear without addresses.
• Forgotten integrations. Links to the project extranet, drawing storage or calendar are listed and tested before go-live.
• Email downtime. TTL lowered 48 hours before, midweek cutover, outside any live tender period.
• Non-compliant content. The title of architect and membership of the professional college appear only if the firm holds them; awards, publications and labels only if real and supplied. Permit procedures with the Comú and the Govern are described in general terms, never as advice.

The form, subject to the Andorran qualified law on personal data protection (Llei 29/2021) and the oversight of the Andorran Data Protection Agency, collects only name, contact, project type, parish and a rough budget. Drawings travel through a separate secure channel, on quote. This is not legal advice.

On quote, linked or embedded but never rebuilt inside a fixed-price site: BIM viewer, project extranet, client portal, tender document room and CRM.

Questions to ask the provider: who writes each language and who proofreads it? How is hreflang tested? Who owns the domain and logins? What does maintenance cost after the included period?

When is an Andorran agency the better choice? If you want workshops in Catalan in person, an agency that already knows your public contacts, or a photographer sent to your sites by the same provider. For a redesign with a clear scope, request a free quote and compare line by line.

Mini case study

Estudi Coma Alta (illustrative example) is a mid-size Andorra la Vella firm working on schools and public buildings, with a growing private clientele of second-home owners. Its current site exists only in Catalan.

It chooses Premium at EUR 8,200, with four languages set in the quote: Catalan, French, Spanish and English. Kolonell writes French and English natively; proofreading of Catalan and Spanish goes to an independent translator, 2 x EUR 600 = EUR 1,200 of third-party cost. Upfront: 8,200 + 1,200 = EUR 9,400. Over three years, with maintenance at EUR 80 a month for 33 months (market assumption; Kolonell maintenance after the 3 included months on quote), or EUR 2,640, the total reaches EUR 12,040, about EUR 334 a month. Compare that with a local multilingual quote of EUR 10,000 to 12,000 before maintenance, with no promise of new enquiries.

FAQ

Do I really need four languages?

Not always. If 90% of your enquiries arrive in Catalan and French, two languages are enough; the exact number is set in the EUR 8,200 Premium quote.

How long does the redesign take?

Allow 3 to 4 weeks with Kolonell once content is ready, plus 2 to 4 weeks of gathering on the firm's side.

Is hreflang included?

Yes in Premium, with one URL per language and an x-default tag. Per-language Search Console monitoring runs for 6 weeks after go-live.

Can I keep my extranet or drawing storage?

Yes, they are linked from the new site. Any deeper integration is priced on quote, on top of the chosen tier.

Let's scope your project. A multilingual redesign for an Andorra la Vella architecture firm is quick to scope: languages, pages to migrate, a budget of EUR 4,500 to 8,200 and go-live in 3 to 4 weeks. See the international offer or request a free quote: detailed reply within 48 hours.